The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11

preme court upon the petition for u writ
Q! error in the case OF the Chicago anar-
chists was announced last Wednesday ait
ernOon by Chief Justice Waite in a long
and carefully prepared opinion, which oc'
cupied thirty five minutes in the reading.
The court holds in brief;
First-That the first ten amendments
to the constitution are limitations upon
federal and not upon state. action.
Second-That the jury law OF Illinois is
upon it's face valid and constitutional, and
that it is similar in it's prOViSions to the
statute OF Utah, which was sustained in
this court in the case Of Hopt vs.. the terri
tory OF Utah.
Third-That it does not appear in the
| record that upon the evidence the trial
court should have declared the Juror San
ford incompetent.
F~ourth-That the object to the admis.
sion OF the Johann Most letter and the
cross examination Of Spies. which counsel
for the prisoners maintained, virtually
compelled them to testify against them.
selves we're not objected to in the trial
court, and that, therefore no foundation
was laid for the exercise OF this courts
Jurisdiction.
And ffth-That the question raised by
General Butler in the cases Of Spies and
Fielden upon the bases OF their foreign ma
tionality were neither raised nor decided
in the state courts and therefore cannot be
considered here. The writ Of error prayed
Tor must consequently be denied.
There was no dissenting opinion.
HOW THE ANARCHISTS RECEIVED THE NEWS.
When the announcement of the result at
Washington was received,a note was sent up
to Spies, telling him that the writ had been
denied, and asking If he had any statement
to make in regard to the matter. Spies
was sitting in his cell, busily en-
gagged with some manuscripts He
read the note and then returned it
with a short Il have nothing 10 say" None
OF the other men would say anything, either.
Within fifteen minutes after the verdict was
known eight or ten officers in citizens clothes
appeared. Two of them stepped quietly into
the Jail and the others disposed of themselves
in the criminal court building and about the
premises. The bailiff at the outer door lead
ing into the jail court says he is instructed
to admit no one, but whether this applies to
the near relatives of the d~eath-sentenced
men is not known. The street1 about the
jail are perfectly quiet. No 'owds have
gathered and no incidents Of any sort have
as yet occurred The police are prepared
for any emergency, though they say they
have no fear Of al uprising or open VIC
lence, Without any previous IntimaUion a
a rule rigidly debarring visitors from the
Jail was quickly put in force, and no one was
allowed to enter the building during the
afternoon except officers, reporters
and relatives of the anarchists. AS
soon as the news from Washington had gen.
orally circulated through the city there was
q rush Of miscellaneous people to see the
condemned men before it was too late. They
entered the sheriff's Office in droyes, but the
latch string had been Withdrawn. Loud and
long were the approximations but the deputy
who guarded the way to the Jail yard was
obdurate. Friends of the doomed men bear
ing baskets of delicacies for them begged
admittance. The dainties were passed in
but only relatives gained entrance. Sheriff
Matson said:
The visits OF other anarchists have rot Cd sion
Henceforth the doomed men will not be allowed
70 have any more recreation hours. Personallv.
I would like 70 grant them all the fayOrs I could,
out 4 don't think 1t would be wise to do so. II
may seem foolish, but / don't want these men
70 cheat the Rallows by killing themselves
Iher friends might give them daggers or
poison, ana although 4 know that il they should
want TO Kill themselves we would be powerless
70 prevent IL still / should not like TO have It
said that Il had attended to my duty the sni-
cldes might have been prevented.
THE VISITORS.
The first Of these 70 arrive was Mrs Engsl
There was q sort Of scared expression on her
poor, worn face, and she moved about In a
nervous manneg she brought a basket OF
toethssme edibIes for her husband. and
Jailer Folz took q chair from the oflce and
carried Il out TO the cage and PLACED II for
her near the bars Lingg's aanf and
young lady cousin and one Of his
fair admirers came next They were al
downcsst, with traces of tears on thess
cheeks, but they had not been talkingto the
reckless bomb maker ave minutes before
they were an laughing. Frank Blelefeldt. Of
the Arbelter Neitung, accompanied BY a re-
porter for the same paper. came next
Shortly afterward. Spies two brothers,
Chris and F~efdinnnd. were. admitted, and
they were followed by their mother. who
seemed to feel her sorrow deeply, Mrs Par.
sons and her two little children came. and
wish them q lady who Is Interested ID the
work Of the Amnesty association. Evcsy
b o. the prisoners had the NSrmbIance. 4
least OF cheerful spirta Mir Rieifeldt. after
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